fun with rock and dirt

woodmills1 · July 31, 2012, 07:32:57 PM

wow

shinnlinger · July 31, 2012, 09:28:38 PM

New toys?

I have a similar collection of rocks up here if you need more....

Dave

thecfarm · July 31, 2012, 09:53:49 PM

Looks like someone been dumping rocks for a while there. Is that a screener?

MHineman · July 31, 2012, 11:26:59 PM

BR!

kderby · August 01, 2012, 01:11:46 AM

"BR"

:D :D :D :D :D

Now, what ya going to do with it?

woodmills1 · August 01, 2012, 06:29:21 PM

yes BR almost as big as my Scion XB :D

yes that is a 12 foot high screener, dirt pile must go, and my back hoe is to short to feed it

traded lumber and firewood for use of my neighbors cool tools

woodmills1 · August 01, 2012, 06:32:33 PM

when my lovely wife got home from work yesterday I said we never talked about a feature rock would you want one? as I walker her around the equipment so she could see the BR

tree-farmer · August 04, 2012, 08:29:59 AM

I've heard rocks like that are refered to as "leverites", as in "leave er right there". ;D

shinnlinger · August 05, 2012, 06:40:13 AM

Wrap some carpet on your teeth, your marring up they nice looking rock!!!

woodmills1 · August 07, 2012, 06:31:07 PM

yes it is a feature rock now
120 yds screened with maybe 30 more to go

blackfoot griz · August 07, 2012, 06:55:58 PM

I used to have a big rock (not as big as the one above in the pics) in front of my old house centered where the road forked. The county said they were going to remove it. I asked them to leave it. They brought in a big excavator and a dump truck. I took a seat in the grass to watch. The machine was really working. Just after the operator cleared the side of the dump box, the thumb lost it's grip... it sure left a big belly in the bottom of the dump box.

woodmills1 · August 07, 2012, 07:16:16 PM

no way I am lifting that over anything

Peter Drouin · August 07, 2012, 08:17:55 PM

I would make a ramp , so the cat can load the screener . and for the rock or rocks dig a hole next to the rock and role the rock in it. and you will have dirt left over :D good luck Woodmills1

westyswoods · August 07, 2012, 08:22:30 PM

Tree-farmer has it right. Thirty years ago a buddy and I along with others were hand digging a foundation for his house to be. Low and behold we found one smack dap in the middle of a frost wall footing. After several hours, like a day with pick and shovel no end in sight. It was a leave er right there, been there for thousands of years and no way frost is going to heave it. Finally got boss to agree and to this day most likely no one even knows it is there.

Before anyone ask, building site was on the side of a cliff with little if no options for mechanization to work. Note owner was an exbullriding marine from Texas. Just let er be enough said.

Stay Safe and Be Well
Westy

Dave Shepard · August 07, 2012, 08:44:31 PM

Splitting that rock with feathers and wedges wouldn't take more than an hour. I've done a few so we could load them up and take them to be sawn into tile.

This one was too much for the SK150, so I split about a ton off the top.

thecfarm · August 07, 2012, 09:14:35 PM

I think I know what you mean by feathers and wedges. There is a trick to it. Do you have to drill holes in so deep to get them started? I have many that I could use them on. Some I can kinda wigggle,they are still in the ground,but can't quite get them out on top of the ground. If I can get them out,I can roll them down hill to a better place. :D

Peter Drouin · August 07, 2012, 10:27:13 PM

But, thecfarm, you will have all the holes to fill after you push the rocks off some where :D

thecfarm · August 08, 2012, 05:46:17 AM

I'm into a project right now that gives me plenty of dirt and more rocks too.The town ditched along side of the road many years ago and made quite a steep drop off from my field.I'm tired of trimming the steep part. I just about done with one section above the old farm house. I slope it back to the field so I can mow it.Lots of dirt to get rid of. I also have a spot not too far from the house that I dig to get dirt too. But that is filled with rocks too. ;D I've just started on what we call the "New Piece" I'm digging out the rotten stumps and rocks. That is keeping me busy. I mowed it the other day and spent more time going mowing around the rocks and stumps than mowing the so called field.

woodmills1 · August 08, 2012, 07:56:21 PM

the rock is staying only gonna move it back alittle

dirt is done 150 buckets on the 416 so 1 yard at least each

new deal has the kobelco staying here for 2 more weeks

pics to come

woodmills1 · August 10, 2012, 07:28:44 PM

started the backyard project
a road around my business cull de sac a few feet lowerso the conveyor on the processor isnt at such a steep angle
got started, but tonights rain will make no work tomorrow
pixs soon

woodmills1 · August 12, 2012, 09:33:51 PM

some may remember that I bought an existing apple orchard that was old and the operator i found couln't make it go

now many of the older trees with the desired horizontals for apple have grown many untrimmed verticals

here are some shots of a very interesting one

don't get confused it is cut and now sideways

look for my winch line and the stump in the back ground

but man lloks like a harp or some stringed instrument

this is the wood from that tree except for the top log

Magicman · August 12, 2012, 09:46:52 PM

smiley_dizzy

beenthere · August 12, 2012, 10:28:30 PM

Really confusing, as the first and last pic don't jive. Appears the top pic is a cropped pic from the bottom one and is 90 deg rotated. Ground dirt is to the left.

Whassup? ;)

woodmills1 · August 13, 2012, 07:06:07 AM

sorry about that, forgot to rotate, it have fixed it now

the trunk is rotated in the picture

the short curve was the trunk vertical and the longer section was a horizontal large branch and the multiple branches were headed for the sky

the stump is just visible behind and to the left